Travel RN – Critical Care System Float, Days

Take Your Critical Care Experience Beyond One Unit while earning Up to $25,000 Sign On Bonus.

Ready for a nursing role that offers the variety of travel nursing with the stability and benefits of joining one health system? Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital in Sayre, PA is seeking an experienced Critical Care RN to join our System Float Pool on day shift, supporting ICU and Emergency Department teams across the Guthrie system.

This opportunity is designed for an experienced RN who thrives in high-acuity environments, adapts quickly to different teams, and enjoys bringing strong clinical judgment and critical care expertise wherever it’s needed most.

Your Schedule & Qualifications:

• Schedule: Full-time, 36 hours/week
• Shift: Days, 7:00 AM – 7:00 PM
• Weekend Rotation: Every other weekend
• Experience: 2+ years of RN experience strongly preferred
• Clinical Background: Critical Care experience strongly preferred
• Licensure: Active RN licenses in both Pennsylvania and New York required
• System Float: Support ICU and Emergency Department teams across Guthrie hospitals in Pennsylvania and New York
• Rotation: Assignments typically rotate every 8–12 weeks

Why Join Guthrie's Critical Care System Float Team?

• Up to a $25,000 Sign-On Bonus – A generous welcome for experienced RNs
• Critical Care Variety – Bring your skills to both ICU and Emergency Department environments across the Guthrie system
• Premium Float Pay – Earn additional compensation associated with System Float and critical care assignments
• One Health System, Multiple Experiences – Get the variety of working with different hospitals, teams, and patient populations while remaining a Guthrie caregiver
• Fresh Assignments – Rotations every 8–12 weeks provide variety while giving you time to become part of each team you support

Benefits That Work for You:

• Medical, Dental & Vision Coverage – Comprehensive benefit options for you and your family
• Generous PTO – Starting at 24 days annually, with bedside RN accrual potentially based on prior professional experience
• Relocation Assistance – Up to $12,000 to help make your move easier
• Tuition Reimbursement – Up to $7,500 annually for eligible RN degree programs after 90 days
• 403(b) Retirement Plan – Guthrie matches 50% of caregiver contributions, up to a maximum employer match of 3% of salary

Summary:

The Registered Nurse (RN) provides professional, comprehensive nursing care for patients in an acute care environment. Accountable for the delivery of coordinated, safe, compassionate, therapeutic, evidence‐based quality care to patients and families, based on individual physical, emotional, and spiritual needs, and appropriate care strategies throughout the lifespan. Practices in accordance with the Nurse Practice Act in the state of employment, the American Nurses Association (ANA) Code of Ethics for Nurses, and the ANA scope and standards of practice. Essential functions and specific skills for the job are found in the unit specific onboarding checklist and in standards that are applicable to the specialty.

Education, License & Certification:

• Registered Nurse in the State of Practice.
• BSN in Nursing preferred.
• Any previously agreed upon effective date for obtaining a Bachelor's degree in nursing between individuals and facilities will remain in effect, including those who transition to their position from the NLRN Program.
• Any contract with specific time frames for obtaining a bachelor’s degree in nursing will supersede the above point and will remain in effect.
• Specialty Certification is preferred
• BLS certification.
• ACLS is unit dependent.

Essential Functions:

1. Employs Nursing Professional Practice: Assesses, diagnoses, plans, implements, and evaluates patients' care. Develops updates and coordinates the patients' plan of care to achieve patient goals and to optimize outcomes and transitions across the continuum. Monitors, records, and communicates patient condition as appropriate. Performs and maintains the currency of essential competencies as required by a specific area of hire and population served.
2. Advocates: Effectively advocates for ethical and holistic care by partnering in care planning to promote the autonomy, dignity, rights, values, and beliefs of those we serve.
3. Facilitates Learning: Fosters a learning environment for patients/families, nursing, and other members of the healthcare team, including student; Facilities formal and informal learning for patients/families, nursing, other members of the healthcare team, and community.
4. Aligns Practice with Safety and Quality: Accountable for safety, identifies and corrects problems, and integrates evidence and best practice into nursing care; uses data and evidence to improve patient outcomes. Aligns patient safety, self‐safety, and environmental safety as equally important for best outcomes.
5. Engages in Professional Development: Engages in ongoing professional development; practices at the top of license within the legal parameters of the Nurse Practice Act, the ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses, and specialty standards. Promotes a culture of inquiry that explores, integrates, and disseminates research and evidence‐based practice.
6. Leader in Practice Setting & Community: demonstrates leadership as change agents using the collaborative leadership skills of advocacy, influence and innovation. In partnering with colleagues appropriately delegates, coordinates care, and collaborates with others as equal members of the inter‐professional care team to integrate nursing knowledge. Models professional behaviors as a representative of the nursing profession.
7. Participates in the planning and presentation of educational programs.
8. It is understood that this description is not intended to be all‐inclusive and that other duties may be assigned as necessary in the performance of the position.

Other Duties:

1. Proficiency in Information Technology, such as electronic health records, communication systems, computers, and equipment necessary to perform essential functions of the position.
2. Skilled to work with a wide range of staff as part of an interdisciplinary team, including physicians, nurses, and ancillary staff.
3. Ability to use independent, critical judgment in all aspects of patient care delivery.
4. Demonstrated interpersonal skills that convey a positive and supportive attitude.
5. to effectively manage multiple responsibilities, urgent responses, and challenging situations.